Faculty Unions Mobilize to Regain Lost Ground in Elections

Andy Manis for The Chronicle
Bryan Kennedy, president of the American Federation of Teachers' Wisconsin affiliate, is helping to lead the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker. "For us this is a very personal fight," he says.

Labor unions that represent college instructors are gearing up for several major battles at the polls in the coming months, out of a conviction that they must flex more muscle politically if they are to prevent further assaults on their members...